Operation Medicine Drop for Safety Professionals

Plan Your Event:

Starting in September 2011, only law enforcement agencies will be able to register and list events. Community groups that want to sponsor an event will need to find a law enforcement agency to list the event and to take possession of the medications. Law enforcement agencies will be responsible for reporting the results online.

Law enforcement agencies that registered in the past are still registered and can go to Step 2. Law enforcement agencies can register their own events and seek a partner or partners in the community to help with promotions and operations if desired. See Potential Partners for some possibilities.

Once you have arranged the details of your event, you'll want everyone in your community to know where and when they can dispose of their unwanted medications. Customize these handouts and flyers, and distribute or hang them in places like medical offices, pharmacies, churches and schools.

You should also contact your local media outlets, such as newspapers, radio stations and television stations. Personalize this event advisory and send it to media outlets about a week prior to your event:

Use the following electronic and hard copy prescription logs to keep a record of all the medications you collect on the day of your event. Print this sign and display it near the collection area at your event to remind people that you cannot collect biohazard materials.

Please report results from your event so that Safe Kids North Carolina can measure the statewide success of Operation Medicine Drop. Use the same login information for reporting your event as used for entering it: